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sustentacle

sustentacle noun: sustenance or substance.

Noun

sustentacle (plural sustentacles)

  1. (obsolete) sustenance or substance.
    • That God's the sustentacle of all Natures1642, Henry More, Psychathanasia

Forms of sustentacle

pluralsustentacles

Origin of sustentacle

From Latin sustentaculum. See sustentation.

Questions about sustentacle

What does sustentacle mean?
Sustentacle means sustenance or substance.
What part of speech is sustentacle?
Sustentacle is a noun.
What is the plural of sustentacle?
The plural of sustentacle is sustentacles.

Words near sustentacle in the dictionary

  1. Sustaitas
  2. sustenacular
  3. sustenance
  4. sustenances
  5. sustenation
  6. sustentacle
  7. sustentacles
  8. sustentacula
  9. sustentacular
  10. sustentaculum
  11. sustentaculums

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